"Look, man, do I look like an icky-ologist to you? Big damn bugs, all right?"

[batskeets]

OH SNAP: Fisherman speared by blue marlin off Bermuda.

I had a good weekend, but I wish it'd been longer, because MAN I'm tired. I think the heat has drained my energy down to nothing.

Saturday involved moving more stuff and organizing my crap. Oy. :p I got over there around 1:30ish, and was at it until 8:30 or so. BOO-URNS. I did get to see Gizmo for a bit, though, which was really nice, but man, that dog breaks my heart. I suppose it's a good thing that he's not in my care, because I haven't been home much, so I'm sure he'd have gotten pissed off and peed in my bed or something by now... but I still wish I could have him around.

Karaoke plans for that night were initially on, and then they were off and I stopped calling people about it, but then they were on again because craftyran came out to play. Woo! I kind of crashed and burned on my first song, because I thought I knew it a lot better than I actually did, and it was also in the wrong key, sigh. I didn't entirely know my second one, either--"Piece of my Heart" by Janis Joplin--but it went okay enough that I want to listen to the original a few times and try it again later. I got a free drink from the bartender for doing "Today" by Smashing Pumpkins, though, so that kicked ass! Ran's songs also went off without a hitch, though, and fun times were had, so yay!

I really must plan further ahead, so I can get more people to come out for this stuff. (also, if rmalena still wants to come sometime, I need some digits, yo!)

It was way, way too hard to get motivated on Sunday, but I wound up hiding from the heat at one of the local coffee joints, and Ben and I got some photography stuff done. Air conditioning is a thing of beauty.

In the evening, I headed out to ZimFest, or the Zimbabwean Music Festival, because my aunt had come up here with her marimba ensemble, and they were performing there. Apparently, the festival moves around every year, but this year they had it out at the Country Fair venue, so I guess the word didn't really get out, but it wound up being a good show. Her group was really good, and I got to visit with her for a bit, and also hear music from folks who'd traveled way out here from Zimbabwe. We got eaten alive by mosquitos, but it was worth the trip, either way. :)

I ate a banana today, to see if it'll help with those pesky running cramps I keep getting. If it works, and if the heat doesn't completely destroy me during the first mile, I'm gonna try to knock out 4 miles on my run today. Wooooo!

And, I'm off.

Comments

[hooverdam.livejournal.com]

Hey, what happened to that shirt I bought from ya?

[barndawgg.livejournal.com]

Bananas = good, for helping with running cramps.

BUT

Bananas = bad, for making mosquitos like to bite you.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Agh! It's still at my old place... I do know exactly where it is, though, so I can grab it today or tomorrow and fire it off.

Yeesh... sorry 'bout that! ^^;;

[rmalena.livejournal.com]

Hey, so I'm still in flux on the whole phone thing. But I do check this email thing a lot more than is healthy...